About New Armatree
The Property is located just out of the village of Armatree.
New Armatree comprises 1750 Hectares of open grazing and farming country, with a mix of native and improved pastures.
The business comprises a commercial flock of merino ewes for first cross ewe production and the Border Leicester Stud in conjunction with a winter cropping enterprise.
The stud is progressive in the field of Sheep Genetics and an early adopter of innovation within the sheep industry.
Our team
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New Armatree Border Leicesters is a family operated Stud.
Craig and Jenny along with daughter Peta, son Jack, and breeding advisor Ash, make up our team.
All members bring their own unique skill set to the business.
What we do
New Armatree is located 40km North of Gilgandra on the Northern end of the Central West Slopes and Plains. We run a mixed farming enterprise growing cereals in rotation with pulse crops and Lucerne, and Merino ewes producing wool and first-cross lambs.
Health and management
We undertake best industry practice with regard to the health program of the Border Leicester Flock. All sheep have a complete 6 in 1 program that is at marketing and weaning and are only drenched when necessary, in accordance with regular worm egg count results.
Technology and
research
At New Armatree we embrace technology that will advance the business, including the stud.
Technology adoption includes matesel, genomics, breedelite, auto drafter and Lambplan.